Child&#39;s slip



June 15, 1948. I J p, SHAW 2,443,483 I CHILD S. SLIP Filed April 11,1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 jwvavron. fisepiz S'haar Patented June 15, 1948Joseph Patrick Shaw,

to Jessie Underwear 00.,

New York, N. Y., assignor New York, N. Y., a

. ,copartnership consisting of Harold Goldstein V and Lillian GoldsteinApplication Aprilll, 1946, Serial No. 661,395

1 Claims (01. 2-1-73 The present invention relates to undergar ments ofthe typeknown asbuilt-up shoulder slips and aims to provide certainimprovements therein. More particularly it relates to a childs slip ofthe built-up shoulder type.

Heretofore such childrens slips were usually made of but two pieces offabric cut to shape and seamed along the side edges and shoulders, andhad to be sufiiciently large across the waistline dimension to pass overthe shoulders of the wearer when putting on t e slip. Such slips werenot form-fitting and provided an excess of fabric about the sides of thewearer above the waistline. This excess material caused bagginess in theslip and was not only objectionable where the child" wore a form-fittingdress orv garment over the slip, but particularly so with girls uponattaining the style-conscious age.

My present invention has for its primary object eliminating fromchildrens slips the bagginess above referred to while at the same time:providing a suificient elasticity or give in the slip to permit it tobe passed over the shoulders of the wearer and generally conform to herbody contour. A further object is to provide a slip which will affordthe wearer full freedom of movement while engaging in any activity orsport. A still further object is to provide a slip having thecharacteristics set forth in the foregoing objects without addingmaterially to the production costs.

The foregoing and other objects of my invention not specificallyenumerated, I accomplish by forming a slip of six pieces of fabric, twoof which, namely, the opposite side portions of the slip above thewaistline and more specifically the portions extending downwardly fromthe armholes, are formed of bias cut fabric, whereas the other fourportions, namely, the front and rear panels and the side panelsextending downwardly from the waistline, are formed of straight outfabric. The six pieces constituting the slip are, of course, cut toproper shape so that when sewn together they provide a form-fitting sliphaving the characteristics above set forth. The invention will be betterunderstood from the detailed description which follows when consideredin connection with the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferredembodiment, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a front view of a slip embodying my invention positioned ona figure form.

Fig. 2 is a back view of the slip on the form shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the slip on the form.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a fabric panel which maybe used either as thefront or back panel of the slip.

Fig. 5 is aplan view of one of the two lower side panels of the slip.

Fig. 6 isa plan view of one of the two upper side panels of the slip.

Referring to the drawings, the slip may be said to consistof sixpieces'or panels, to wit, afront panel 10 and. a rear panel ll, twoidentical lowerv side panels l2 and i3, and two identical side panels 14and t5.

The front and rear panels are each formed of fabric cut on the straight.for economy and are substantially identical except thatthe front panelID has a lower cut neck line-indicated by the dotted line l6in Fig. 4,it being understood, of course, that both the front and rear panels maybe simultaneously cut, from the same pattern.

upper Each of the panels Ill and II have tapered: shoulder portions l'lwhichare integral with the panel, and when'sewn together at theuppermost edges l8, provide built-up shoulder portions for the slip, thelateral edges l9 providing the upper circumference of the armholes ofthe slip. The longitudinal side edges 2! of the panels l0 and, II are soshaped as to provide with the lower and upper side panels a form-fittingslip, it being understood that the specific shape of the longitudinaledges will vary with the size of the slip. Between the shoulder portionsll the panels l0 and I l are cut away to provide the neck lines 21, oneof which may be further cut away along the dotted line l6 above referredto.

The lower side panels 12 and, I3 are each formed of fabric cut on thestraight and are of a length to extend from approximately the waistlineto the bottom of the slip and are each seamed along its longitudinaledges 22 to a longitudinal edge 20 of both the front panel Ill and therear panel I l,

The upper side panels I4 and l5'are cut on the bias for a purpose whichwill presently appear, and in plan, each of said panels is bounded by asubstantially straight bottom side 23, reversely curved or ogee lateralsides 24 and an arcuate top side 25 which approximates a semi-circle inform.

In fabricating slips of the present invention the various panels arecut-out according to pattern sizes; the upper and lower side panels of agiven size are first seamed together along the top edge 26 of a lowerside panel and the bottom edge 23 of an upper side panel. The compositeside panels are then sewn along their longitudinal edges 22, 24 to alongitudinal edge 20 of the front panel and to a longitudinal edge 26 ofthe rear panel. The longitudinal edges of the panels, it will beapparent are not of complementary shape, but in sewing them together thegarment is given its tubular and form-fitting shape. In this connectionit will be noted that in the longitudinal seaming operation justdescribed, the corners 21 of the upper side panels will fit andcomplement the corners 28 of the front and rear panels and, togetherwith the united shoulder portions I! of the front and rear panels, willprovide substantially circular armholes for the garment, approxi--mately one-half of each armhole being provided by the arcuate top sidesof the panels Id and t5 and the other half by the shoulder" portions [1.

Preferably, the panels II] to l5' constitutingthe garment are ofapproximately the same width at the waistline, which, incidentazliy thesmallest: circumferential dimension of the slip. Accordingly, it will beappreciated, that in order for the small waistline dimension of the slipto pass over a the shoulderszof the wearer, the waistline dimension willhave to stretch or give when being passedover-theshoulders; The bias cutpanels- I4 and I5 afford this required stretch or give and. atthe sametime assists: in. providing the garment with its form-fittingcharacteristic.

The composite side panels may be said. to constitute gores of the slip,as do also the front and rear panels. When so considered, the slip maybe said tobe: of four gore. construction wherein each of the goresextends from. the arm opening tome-bottom. of the garment. The garmentmay also be considered asbeingof generally straight cutconstructionwith: the exception of the: upper side panels of the gores: which.arebias cut to provid'ethe necessary stretch. or give when passing: thegarmentover the shoulders: of a wearer.

From the-foregoingdetailed description it will.

lie-apparent that I have provided" a simple, economical; form-fittingslipof the built-up shoulder type, made in the main from: straight outfabric and using bias cut fabric in a novel panel outline and locationwhereby the desirable characteristics of a bias cut slip are attained.

Although I have shown and described but a single preferred embodiment ofmy invention it will be appreciated that minor details of constructionmay be resorted to: WibhOllfi? departing from the spirit of my inventionas defined in the appended claim.

What I claim is:

At slip having a full neck line and shoulder portions comprising a frontand a rear panel, eachf saidi panels: being cut on the straight andextending the full length of the slip and together including the fullneck line, shoulder portions and approximately one-half of each of thearm holes; of. the garment, two side panels cut on the straight, eachextending from approximately the waistline to the bottom of the slip andseemed along its longitudinal edges to a longitudinal edge of both thefront and the rear panels and two side panels: out on; the bias; eachseamed at its. bottom edge; to the top; edge of a first mentioned& sidepanel and along: its. sides to both: a

. longitudinal edge of: the: front and the rear panels, and having a.top edge constituting approximately one-half! of an. armhole of theslip.

JOSEPH, PATRICK SHAW.

REFERENCES CIT-ED- The following references are of record in thefileofthis patent:

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